State parent representation
The Parents Association is composed of the school laws legitimate representative of all parents of each state in all school-related issues. She organizes her organizational and content-related work independently and on her own responsibility, advises and decides on her goals and exercises the parents' statutory rights of participation. She coordinates the work of parents within the country, works closely with the responsible ministries and advises them on the organization of the school system. It maintains the cooperation with the local school parent representatives and - if available - with regional or school type-related parent representatives ( district parent councils , regional parent councils and similar).
Country-specific differences
Federalism and the state sovereignty for schools lead to differences in the specific names and tasks of the state parent representatives. The highest, central parent representation at state level has the following designation in the individual federal states:
- Baden-Württemberg - State Parents' Advisory Board (LEB) Baden-Württemberg
- Bavaria has no statutory state parent representation
- Berlin - State Parents Committee Berlin
- Brandenburg - State Parents' Council (LER) Brandenburg
- Bremen - Central Parents Advisory Board Bremen
- Hamburg - Hamburg Parents Chamber
- Hessen - State Parents' Advisory Board (LEB) Hessen
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - State Parents' Council (LER) Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Lower Saxony - State Parents' Council Lower Saxony
- North Rhine-Westphalia has no statutory state parent representation
- Rhineland-Palatinate - State Parents Advisory Board (LEB) Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarland - Parents' representative body of the Saarland
- Saxony - State Parents' Council of Saxony
- Saxony-Anhalt - State Parents' Council Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein - State Parents' Advisory Board (LEB) Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia - State Parents' Representation (LEV) Thuringia
In some federal states there are also state representations specific to the school type, in Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia these replace the statutory state parent representation (see Parents Association ).
The state parents 'representatives have joined forces in a voluntary working group to form the Federal Parents' Council (BER).
Web links
- Baden-Württemberg: State Parents' Advisory Board (LEB) Baden-Württemberg
- Bavaria: Bayerischer Elternverband eV
- Berlin: State Parents Committee Berlin
- Brandenburg: State Parents' Council (LER) Brandenburg
- Bremen: Central Parents Advisory Board Bremen
- Hamburg: Parents Chamber Hamburg
- Hessen: State Parents' Advisory Board of Hessen
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: State Parents' Council (LER) Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Lower Saxony: State Parents' Council Lower Saxony
- North Rhine-Westphalia: State Parents' Conference NRW (LEK) North Rhine-Westphalia
- Rhineland-Palatinate: State Parents Advisory Board (LEB) Rhineland-Palatinate
- Saarland: Parents' representation of the whole Saarland
- Saxony: State Parents' Council of Saxony
- Saxony-Anhalt: State Parents' Council Saxony-Anhalt
- Schleswig-Holstein: State Parents' Advisory Board (LEB) Schleswig-Holstein
- Thuringia: State Parents' Representation (LEV) Thuringia